Gah, I am behindhand in commenting. And I got your email, thank you—will reply soon. : ) Anyway, fifteen miles! That is quite a long walk, wow.

Glad you enjoyed the book; the strange worldbuilding is part of the charm, I suppose. I am in book four of the Aiken series, and the "channel tunnel" has not actually been mentioned yet. I do wonder how ordinary people and their livestock survive the flocks of wolves!